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@ivopeksens — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:35:54 +0000

Continuing the topic: http://www.richarddurnall.com/?p=44 and http://www.richarddurnall.com/?p=44

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@ivopeksens — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:48:25 +0000

As well as this one is great: http://www.lean.org/WhatsLean/Timeline.cfm

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@ivopeksens — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:46:26 +0000

This video explains the essence of the Lean. Watch just from the 5:30 till the end. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmr_dTKa6EA

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@ivopeksens — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:36:30 +0000

Some more input from other parts of the web (2004): "Managers think they know how to get things done, and they think they can estimate how long it will take, but really they have no idea." "I have always said that I would have a great job if it wasn't for the users." "There is a huge sort of -- pardon the term -- 'Amish' kind of sensitivity to technology here. They are afraid of it. They don't trust it. They don't embrace it for what it can deliver." "When you are making a transition from a legacy system to a new system, you are going to get a lot of resistance from people who have built their careers on knowing everything about the old system. That's their power in the organization."

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@ivopeksens — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:25:15 +0000

OK, here we go.... some even older excerpts (from last paper in last century): The community of IT professionals grew out of a population that had its own set of values, assumptions, and jargon, all of which was unfamiliar to those from other areas of the business. Because of these differences, IT and business have gradually diverged and the gap has widened (Wang, 1994). “The application of management techniques developed in business over the last 200 years do not seem to work properly when applied to computers” (Grindley, 1995). IT has now matured to a stage where it has become an important aspect of every-day business and an integral part of everyday life (Keen, 1991). IT is no longer a back room function but an icon of everyday living, and business managers can now no longer afford to ignore this IT function in their organizations if they are to achieve organizational success. Indeed, many in management have a poor understanding of the potential of IT and have still not recognized its importance (Hirschheim et al., 1988). So.... can anyone name a school with class that addresses this topic? How about RBS? Is there any course that spends at least one full lecture devoted to IT from this particular perspective?

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ivo_peksens — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:44:05 +0000

Studentiem lekcijas laikaa vajadzetu sedet ar datoriem un parbauditt interentaa, ko runaa pasniedzejs. Tad, ja Mr.Google piedavaa neskaitami daudz avotus par attiecigo temu, ir jaapaartrauc pasniedzejs ar komentaru: "Stasti mums par to vai stasti mums taa, kaa nevar izlasiit ieksh Google"? Pastasti kaut ko no sevis, parejo es izlasishu pats...

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@ivopeksens — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:10:56 +0000

And then there is a question what is going on in schools that teach business management? Are they telling students that IT is not just the supportive element in a company? I actually have attended one such school and have got a feeling that IT is still perceived as support function. If business manager(s) still think about IT as not a partner then what will be it like? Can it survive these days? Probably in Latvia yes, but elsewhere??? If future business manager is taught to think about IT as an asset that costs some money, then that is tragic! Partnership is the key here.

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@ivopeksens — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:02:08 +0000

Was just reading a book (issued in 2008) and the golden text in there just made me write this here: "...After years of being treated as a support organization, IT is frequently a full partner in developing business strategy and implementing new processes..."

Valerija - Pardomas par augstako izglitibu

Valerija — Thu, 9 Jun 2011 14:24:44 +0000

Kā es Tev piekrītu! Daudzos gadījumos valsts izglītība ne tikai nedod pievienotu vērtību, bet degradē! Par kādu valsts attīstību iet runā, ja mēs netiekam galā ar fundamentālām lietām – Izglītību!!!! Protams, izglītības līmenis daļēji ir arī studentu attieksmes vaina. Lielākais vairākums nāk pēc papīra un grāda, nevis jaunām zināšanām un pievienotās vērtības. Kamēr studenti nesāks skaļi, bet argumentēti izteikt viedokļus un pieprasīt kvalitāti nekas nemainīsies. Arī nozaru profesionāļus obligāti jāmotivē, lai tie iesaistās izglītības attīstībā.

Valerija - Experience and value

Valerija — Thu, 2 Jun 2011 13:44:55 +0000

By the different contexts I meant the variety of responsibilities and project types. Agree about going into details. Actually I don't consider this type of questions as details but as basics. Interesting fact is the most of employees don't care about your mentioned questions :)

Ivo - Experience and value

Ivo — Thu, 2 Jun 2011 13:16:40 +0000

Nice to hear that! However I was thinking more about going into details at one particular context. While various contexts are value, even more value is how well you understand each of them. For example, let's take a simple developer. If besides the coding part, the person is interested into environment and processes around his job and can answer questions like: Why am I doing this? Where do our job stands in terms of competition? Are we complinat with respective standards? etc then he/she can be considered really experienced one.

Valerija - Experience and value

Valerija — Thu, 2 Jun 2011 12:18:29 +0000

Absolutely agree! Very important to find employer witch is able to give you opportunity to work within different contexts! I got lucky and in short period of time gained invaluable experience! Of course it required a lot of hard work. :)

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@bezuminka — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:25:41 +0000

Much better :) Thanks!

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ivo_peksens — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:09:31 +0000

OK, just improved the look of the blog by changing the posts' text color. Was suggested by one of my current classmates. Thank you her, it is really more readable now.

ivo_peksens - This blog's birthday!

ivo_peksens — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 15:03:05 +0000

Just the re-post of older comment using new system: Week has passed and was no time to describe shortly this blog's being. Birthday is birthday. :) Actually, the blog's idea is to demonstrate how a webpage can be dynamically used together with social networks. Currently as you may have noticed it is integrated with Twitter and further on the info posted here (posts, comments) goes to Facebook, LinkedIn and Draugiem.lv (Runā) section as well. The whole process in based on deployment of different web service public APIs with minimum or no coding at all. Have some more plans down the road like getting the bi-directional info exchange and others, so stick around and post your ideas as well. Usage: any webpage can have this type of social stuff as it is good addition to what we call SEO and it can help driving more user traffic to one's site. Dot.

ivo_peksens - High-end SW audio player for Windows platform

ivo_peksens — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:37:27 +0000

In times when most of us like to re-tweet or re-send information I think adding something from own experience may be useful as well. So, this time I would like to tell about how to make your home PC sound really nice if you use or plan to use it for music playback (meaning as a substitute to your CD/DVD/whatever else player). Actually, there core idea is about playing music from computer's memory and not the hard drive. How? Well, my experience is based on Windows platform, so here's the milestones: 1: use Windows7 as it has some significant changes regarding audio playback 2: have at least 3 GBs of memory (RAM) 3: install any of RamDisk SW and make permanent disk in RAM of size =>1 GB 4: run your audio player from the RamDisk 5: convert your music into uncompressed format like WAV, but do it before the actual playback 6: put your uncompressed music in the RamDisk 7: press PLAY, sit back and relax So, the basic thing is having player and music both in memory and during playback there should be no conversions between formats! Try out and you will perceive huge difference!